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Last night my wife gave me harmonica as a gift, said it was for R. E. Lee’s birthday. Even though it may not be the best on the market, I thought it nice quality and workmanship, great for a beginner like me. Anyway this harmonica is in a nice old style box with nice scroll…

Looking over a burial record for the Confederate government, signed by J. W. Satterwhite, the cost with coffin — Slaves — $10.00 Private — $10. 00 Officers — $45.00 GP

Author Registered Member #1 Joined: Tue Jul 17 2007, 09:46AM Posts: 3936 Folks, we have no worries. I have been informed on one of two blogs that I visited that 3 Yankee sympathizers– yes 3– have taken the weighty task of defining what a Black Confederate is. Lo and behold I give you these 3…

What are you doing to promote Confederate History??? I am engaged in a never ending exchange of insults with a Prof. Brooks Simpson. Seems like I have got him to the point where his best option is to call me a supporter of “white supremacist terrorism.” LOL Anyway you can read the exchange at http://cwcrossroads.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/an-uncertain-message-calling-the-scv-to-account/ I…

Lady Val  Tue May 10 2011, 06:53PM   Registered Member #75 Joined: Sat Nov 01 2008, 10:22AM Posts: 463 At the end of March, I received a request for donations from the Civil War Trust, a group which, as you know, works to preserve ACW battlefields. I have been a rather un-active member for some…

To get a better view of this article you may need to save this to your photo editor and increase the size from there. My apologies for not knowing how to post a clearer image. GP From The Sun Herald page A8, Biloxi, Miss. May 29, 2011.

   Need names of Black Confederates for new website. Even if you are not sure that is OK. I have a SHAPE member willing to do lookups. All help appreciated. GP [ Edited Tue Jan 18 2011, 03:35PM ]    gpthelastrebel  Fri Jan 21 2011, 11:08AM    Finding some very good info doing this research.…

gpthelastrebel  Fri Jul 29 2011, 09:06PM    Registered Member #1 Joined: Tue Jul 17 2007, 09:46AM Posts: 3995 Dear Friends: Our fund raising pamphlet to whet your interest in the surrender ceremonies, CSS Shenandoah to HMS Donegal, to finally end hostilities in Liverpool is available. This promises to be an extraordinary event along with a…

Lady Val  Thu Aug 04 2011, 12:23PM   Registered Member #75 Joined: Sat Nov 01 2008, 10:22AM Posts: 472 Dear Gov. McDonnell: Great visionaries realize that seminal moments in a man’s life are apt to be not what is expected. The high honor, the ascension to power, the great victory—all of those decisive events—when viewed…

http://www.scv674.org/SH-5.htm “On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln won the election of President of the United States by collecting only 39 percent of the popular vote and carried every northern state except New Jersey. The Federal Record notes 81.2% of eligible voters participated in this election. Six out of ten of the American people had not…